[gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?

[Anton Feenstra]

I second David's preference on all capitals
  - as a no-longer-core but close-to-original developer.

GROMACS Runs On Most of All Computer Systems ;-)

On 13/04/13 21:06, Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt) wrote:
>> By the way there are many core developers now :-)
>
> For historical purposes, I think original developers have more of a claim on
> what the correct way to write name was, and therefore should what it should
> be in the future.
>
> Clearly, for future _features_ of the code, the rest of us may have more
> forceful opinions :)
>
> Best,
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Michael Shirts
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> University of Virginia
> michael.shirts at virginia.edu
> (434)-243-1821
>
>
>> From: David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>
>> Reply-To: Discussion list for GROMACS development <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
>> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:53:55 +0200
>> To: <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
>> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?
>>
>> On 2013-04-13 20:50, Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt) wrote:
>>> Mark, Justin-
>>>
>>> It's good to have your opinion, but it seems like this should be something
>>> that has a correct answer, not just opinions! It would be good to hear from
>>> the main developers as to what it should be, and then perhaps we should try
>>> to change the references on the website so that they are consistent, and
>>> maybe make a note of that somewhere on the webpage on the correct usage.
>> All capital I would say.
>>
>> By the way there are many core developers now :-)
>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Michael Shirts
>>> Assistant Professor
>>> Department of Chemical Engineering
>>> University of Virginia
>>> michael.shirts at virginia.edu
>>> (434)-243-1821
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:01:43 +0200
>>>> To: Discussion list for GROMACS development <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>
>>>> Cc: "michael.shirts at virginia.edu" <michael.shirts at virginia.edu>
>>>> Subject: Re: [gmx-developers] So . . . Gromacs? GROMACS?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Shirts, Michael (mrs5pt) <
>>>>> mrs5pt at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the official way to write the name? Gromacs or GROMACS? Is there
>>>>>> one?  It's frequently 'Gromacs' on the web site, but the manual and
>>>>>> Bioinformatics paper on 4.5 says "GROMACS". Should this be standardized on
>>>>>> the web page?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Being that it's an acronym, I've always tried to make it GROMACS on the
>>>>> website and in the manual, wherever I find it occurring; I always thought
>>>>> that was the correct way.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ja, same. But I have no real care either way. I have more important wars to
>>>> fight. Like whitespace on gerrit :-P
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> Some inconsistencies remain, but such is life with wikis. I get lazy in my
>>>>> emails and type "Gromacs," but that's just because I want to avoid shift ju
>>>>> jitsu and/or caps lock.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> ========================================
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin A. Lemkul, Ph.D.
>>>>> Research Scientist
>>>>> Department of Biochemistry
>>>>> Virginia Tech
>>>>> Blacksburg, VA
>>>>> jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540)
>>>>> 231-9080http://www.bevanlab.biochem.vt.edu/Pages/Personal/justin
>>>>>
>>>>> ========================================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>> Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.
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Groetjes,

Anton
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